Upcoming car rally race is worth checking out

9:21 PM,
Apr. 16, 2014

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Written by

Ralph Ferrusi
| For the Poughkeepsie Journal

Editor's note: Hike of the Week columnist Ralph Ferrusi wrote his thoughts on the NASA Rally Sport Empire State Performance Rally where spectators can do some hiking and check out the car racing.

This year's NASA Rally Sport Empire State Performance Rally (ESPR) will be April 26 and 27 at Rock Hill, out on Route 17 near Monticello. I attended last year's event and here's the story:

Background: I'm a car nut from way back, and did some amateur road rallies years ago, as a navigator. I'm somewhat aware of European rallies: cars more popular in Europe than here power sliding sideways, kicking up ...